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Which would seem to support the possibility that these are edited performances, as it would be unusual for a live performance to not allow solo space to superior band members. How would you have Dave Schnitter or Hadley Caliman or Phil Ranelin of 1980 in your band at a major jazz venue and not have him soloing? Unless what was chosen for the disc was just Hubbard "features", in which case I lament that there would likely be much more material available! Doesn't mean I won't buy the thing eventually though

It's out as of yesterday. Anyone heard it yet? The track lengths are quite a bit shorter than the 1981 Keystone stuff that Fantasy released, as previously noted. Full performances? How's the sound quaility? Also, I wasn't even familiar with Mistral,(1981 was a tough year for me and it looks like it never has made it to CD, where I would have become aware of it after the fact). Art Pepper, Phil Ranelin and Freddie is some kinda front line, yet it gets a poor review in AMG. Any thoughts on that one?

PM sent on 6 Kenny Wheeler All the More (Soul Note) 10 Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth Windmill Tilter 10 Black Renaissance Body, Mind and Spirit

The Charles Tolliver Mosaic Select is a really good showcase for Cowell.

PM sent on the Teddy Charles.

With assets three times the amount of liabilities. Want the musicians to take a 20% pay cut, and to defund the pension.

wrt Terry, the VEEs or the world in general? the world in general, for sure.

Me too. Thanks for doing this JLH. :tup :tup :tup :tup :tup :tup :tup :tup :tup :tup

I'd buy it.

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$24.89 with free shipping at deepdiscount.com, which is $6.31 cheaper than Amazon. http://www.deepdiscount.com/_/Scandia-Story

I've thought the sound on the Collectables Atlantic stuff has seemed pretty good overall. Collectables came a long way from their early needle-drop beginnings, though they will never be an audiophile label. Of course, with the warehouse fire, there won't be audiophile vintage Atlantic stuff anyways.

Several used copies on Amazon, and I believe also on half.com. Really an outstanding date, highly recommended. Agreed. "Effi" is particularly spectacular, the cut I use to try to teach the uninitiated about listening to jazz. And the whole first side plays like a suite (although it isn't). What a lineup of then-young lions: Charles Tolliver, Gary Bartz, Stanley Cowell, along with Jymie Merritt.

'Musa - Ancestral Streams' and the previously mentioned 'Illusion Suite' would be my picks. He became a very different musician (very accomplished, but much less adventurous) to my ears after signing with Galaxy in the late 70's.

I like the "For Losers" side, feel like the other side was outtakes scraped together, and poor ones at that. They had the sometimes far superior "Kwanza" outtakes available.

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Free-ish interpretations of spirituals. Not all that it could have been, but definitely worth a listen or three, imo. Billy Harper is great on this album (I believe his first with Roach), which alone makes it worth listening/owning. Billy's always great, but I found myself not hearing enough of him on this album. I like to hear lots of Billy Harper. ME TOO !!!! :tup :tup :tup :tup

Free-ish interpretations of spirituals. Not all that it could have been, but definitely worth a listen or three, imo. Billy Harper is great on this album (I believe his first with Roach), which alone makes it worth listening/owning. Wonderful version of "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord", which is the highlight for me.

I loved the 1964-1968 Hollies stuff (the 1963 stuff was amateur covers of American R&B), especially "Look Through Any Window", "I Can't Let Go", and "Bus Stop". Can live without them after that, though I like "Long Cool Woman" and the occasional other song. Couple of quick notes that no one else seems to have mentioned: - The difference in the Hollies after 1968 was no Graham Nash. Together they were great, apart they were both twee. I'm not nearly as grossed out by "He Ain't Heavy" and "The Air I Breathe" as I am by "Our House" and "Teach Your Children"!. - "Long Cool Woman" was not intended to be a Hollies single, was going to be an Allen Clarke solo record, then was rush recorded. Some sources say it was just expected to be a throwaway track. My wife loves it, so we enjoy hearing it together on the radio. - Here is the great lost (in the USA) Hollies song, "I'm Alive". Went to #1 in England in 1965, but bombed here. Hollies arrived in US top 40 with their next 45, the awesome "Look Through Any Window". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MV3xwvKh8 Here is their version of "If I Needed Someone", which is really good, but really Beatlesque. Only went to like #19 in England due to George Harrison backlash, didn't dent charts in America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tpKGcWvce4

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You should be more concerned with records he's put out recently like "Songs and Stories" and late 90's albums like "That's Right" and "Standing Together" all of which are pretty bad. Except for a legit, dirty funk tune on "That's Right" called "The Thinker" which was more CTI like than anything he's done since. If you seperate Benson's playing from the horrid backing of his smooth albums, it's passable but still nothing like Benson at his peak when he really stretched. Benson still stretches but we never get to hear it cuz he shows up at clubs and jam sessions and blows everyone away with his guitar playing. Saw him live in Philly twice in the 70's, once pre-magastardom at Just Jazz, once mid-megastardom at the Mann Music Center. He was great both times.

Can't imagine why no one ever took the cellophane off and played the sucker. Which one is Gene Norman's cousin?

The real All-Stars of CTI have mostly left us. Here is the personnel and cuts per the DG website. To me, the CTI all-stars would be Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, and George Benson, not Randy Brecker, Bill Evans (sax), and Russell Malone. Worth $34? Can't imagine it, if you live in the world of limited financial resources like most of us. "Players include Randy Brecker on trumpet, Bill Evans on sax, Russell Malone on guitar, Hubert Laws on flute, Airto on percussion, George Duke on keyboards, John McLaughlin on guitar, and Flora Purim on vocals – and cuts include "Misturada", "Sugar", "Mister Clean", "Bimbe Blue", "Use Me", and "Blues March".

There is a made for (cable) TV movie about the Monkees that is actually very interesting, as it focuses primarily on their quest for artistic freedom in the confines of their commercial world. Used DVD can be had dirt cheap on Amazon Marketplace. Remember that they took Hendrix on tour as their opening act at one point! Their music from "Last Train to Clarksville" to 'Head' has actually held up remarkably well. I still pull it out and listen to it. http://allmovie.com/dvd/daydream-believers-the-monkees-story-22014

Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing this. I regret that I have never had opportunity to see Weston live, one of my most major "misses" here in the Philly area.